Stalin's Army of Apes: The Mechanized Puppeteers
by Itamar Friedman
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Pub Date Sep 05 2025 | Archive Date Mar 31 2026
Description
What if Stalin's deadliest weapon wasn't nuclear, but genetic?
Professor Benjamin Fioretti believed his Nobel Prize-winning research could end humanity's violent instincts.
Now, deep in the frozen wastes of Siberia, he's discovered his life's work has become the blueprint for Stalin's ultimate weapon: an army of monstrous human-ape hybrids bred for one purpose—total war.
Drawn into a conspiracy by the CIA, Benjamin must confront the brilliant and ruthless scientist Ilya Ivanov, the architect of this new species. But in a world of shifting alliances and brutal betrayals, he learns the most terrifying secret of all:
the army of monsters carries his own DNA.
To save the world, must he become a monster himself and destroy the very children of his creation?
Inspired by the chilling true story of Soviet genetic experiments, Stalin's Army of Apes is a race against time to stop an unnatural apocalypse, uncovering the Cold War's darkest secret—a grand stage where the real puppeteers weren't pulling the strings of spies, but the very code of life itself.
A Note From the Publisher
Thank you for your consideration.
History is filled with whispers of ideas too dangerous to pursue. This story is what happens when one of those whispers learns to scream.
It was born from the strange truth of Ilya Ivanov's experiments, but it quickly grew beyond the confines of history. This is not merely science fiction; it is an exploration of the human code itself, the dormant genes for violence and submission, and the terrifying belief that we can, and should, edit our own essence.
Look past the impossible creatures and the global conspiracies. At its heart, this is a lesson about mirrors. It's about what we see when we look at a monster and, to our horror, recognize the reflection as our own.
Thank you for reading.
Advance Praise
At its heart, "Stalin's Army of Apes" is a gripping cautionary tale about scientific ambition. It follows a brilliant geneticist whose noble research is twisted into a weapon of terrifying power, forcing him to confront the monstrous legacy of his own creation. A tense and intelligent thriller that explores the dark side of genius.
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Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9789655975574 |
PRICE | 3.99 |
PAGES | 252 |